❓ Mr. Simpson questions the Lotteries Commission about payments for using the "Bejewelled" and "Scrabble" brands on Scratch'n'Win tickets. The Minister declines to provide specific financial details or table agreements, citing commercial confidentiality.
AnsweredQoN 1425Legislative Assembly
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With regard to the current $3.00 "Bejewelled" and $4.00 "Scrabble" Scratch'n'Win tickets being sold by the Lotteries Commission -
(1) Did the Lotteries Commission pay for the use of either of these brands?
(2) If so -
(a) to whom were the payments made;
(b) what was the total amount paid for the use of each of these brands; and
(c) will you please table a copy of the agreements made?
(1) Did the Lotteries Commission pay for the use of either of these brands?
(2) If so -
(a) to whom were the payments made;
(b) what was the total amount paid for the use of each of these brands; and
(c) will you please table a copy of the agreements made?
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Answered
12 September 2006
Responded by
Minister for Government Enterprises
Response time
20 days
(b) what was the total amount paid for the use of each of these brands; and (c) will you please table a copy of the agreements made?
(c) will you please table a copy of the agreements made?
(2) (a) The licence fee is paid to the entity which holds the licence, which is usually our contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, or a third party. (b) The licence fees vary across the range of licensed products, and the cost is usually determined on a cost per ticket basis calculated across the total print run of a particular Scratch'n'Win game. (c) No. Lotterywest enters into a separate Licence Agreement with their contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, Oberthur Gaming Technologies whose head office in Canada negotiates Licence Agreements with various third parties throughout the world on behalf of their various customers. The information in these Licence Agreements is regarded by the parties to those Agreements as commercially confidential, as they contain commercially sensitive information, which could be damaging to Oberthur Gaming Technologies and to the third parties concerned if publicly released.
(b) The licence fees vary across the range of licensed products, and the cost is usually determined on a cost per ticket basis calculated across the total print run of a particular Scratch'n'Win game. (c) No. Lotterywest enters into a separate Licence Agreement with their contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, Oberthur Gaming Technologies whose head office in Canada negotiates Licence Agreements with various third parties throughout the world on behalf of their various customers. The information in these Licence Agreements is regarded by the parties to those Agreements as commercially confidential, as they contain commercially sensitive information, which could be damaging to Oberthur Gaming Technologies and to the third parties concerned if publicly released.
(c) No. Lotterywest enters into a separate Licence Agreement with their contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, Oberthur Gaming Technologies whose head office in Canada negotiates Licence Agreements with various third parties throughout the world on behalf of their various customers. The information in these Licence Agreements is regarded by the parties to those Agreements as commercially confidential, as they contain commercially sensitive information, which could be damaging to Oberthur Gaming Technologies and to the third parties concerned if publicly released.
(c) will you please table a copy of the agreements made?
(2) (a) The licence fee is paid to the entity which holds the licence, which is usually our contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, or a third party. (b) The licence fees vary across the range of licensed products, and the cost is usually determined on a cost per ticket basis calculated across the total print run of a particular Scratch'n'Win game. (c) No. Lotterywest enters into a separate Licence Agreement with their contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, Oberthur Gaming Technologies whose head office in Canada negotiates Licence Agreements with various third parties throughout the world on behalf of their various customers. The information in these Licence Agreements is regarded by the parties to those Agreements as commercially confidential, as they contain commercially sensitive information, which could be damaging to Oberthur Gaming Technologies and to the third parties concerned if publicly released.
(b) The licence fees vary across the range of licensed products, and the cost is usually determined on a cost per ticket basis calculated across the total print run of a particular Scratch'n'Win game. (c) No. Lotterywest enters into a separate Licence Agreement with their contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, Oberthur Gaming Technologies whose head office in Canada negotiates Licence Agreements with various third parties throughout the world on behalf of their various customers. The information in these Licence Agreements is regarded by the parties to those Agreements as commercially confidential, as they contain commercially sensitive information, which could be damaging to Oberthur Gaming Technologies and to the third parties concerned if publicly released.
(c) No. Lotterywest enters into a separate Licence Agreement with their contracted Scratch'n'Win ticket supplier, Oberthur Gaming Technologies whose head office in Canada negotiates Licence Agreements with various third parties throughout the world on behalf of their various customers. The information in these Licence Agreements is regarded by the parties to those Agreements as commercially confidential, as they contain commercially sensitive information, which could be damaging to Oberthur Gaming Technologies and to the third parties concerned if publicly released.
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